Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.
Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the world.
When ill luck begins, it does not come in sprinkles, but in showers.
When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.
The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.
Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
As to the Adjective: when in doubt, strike it out.
April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.
